Love on the High Seas by Yasmin Sullivan

Author:Yasmin Sullivan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“This was called for two hours ago. Why is it still sitting on my desk?”

Jeremy swung the papers at Evelyn, his assistant, and turned to stride from the room.

“Those were faxed almost two hours ago, Dr. Bell,” said Evelyn, stopping him. “I’ll keep these to send over the hard copies.”

“I’m sorry, Evelyn. I’ve been out of sorts.”

Evelyn was a small woman, but she knew how to control a dynamic situation. Always competent and professional, she was Jeremy’s right arm at work and a valued colleague.

She turned to him now and spoke quietly, evenly, as if she knew she was treading on thin ice. “You have been. Anything you need to talk about?”

“It will pass. Again, I’m sorry.”

Back in his office, Jeremy sat down and opened a bottle of water. It was because of her—Safire, Angelina, whatever her name was.

She’d stepped back into his life earlier that week. Only she came with her son and her partner, parading about as if none of her lies had any consequences.

No wonder she had been so reluctant to get involved on the cruise. She had a son she’d lied about not having, which meant she had a relationship she’d said she hadn’t had, and she had a lover—and a young one at that. He was probably already in the picture if he was doing stuff like going to her son’s medical appointments.

No wonder she had seemed hesitant, and no wonder she had turned him down again when he had gone looking for her. She had probably been looking for a way to get out of it.

Regardless, he hated that he’d let his temper get in the way of doing his work. He had grilled her about her lies—or tried to—when she was clearly concerned for the health of her son. That wasn’t like him. The last couple of days hadn’t been like him, either. He’d been moody with his staff and his friends. He’d been difficult to get along with in general.

He knew she was having a hard time. He’d seen the tears welling up in her eyes when she was in his office being confronted with her lies. And he’d seen the tears falling when Phillip had the seizure. And her young man wasn’t much support; rather, she seemed to be comforting him.

The problem was that the tears in her eyes almost broke his heart. He wanted to take her in his arms and comfort her. Instead, he was the one making her cry, and he wasn’t the one who could do anything for Phillip when the seizure happened. He wasn’t that kind of doctor.

The truth was that he was disappointed. He wouldn’t be this angry if he hadn’t really wanted things to work out between them. He wouldn’t have tried to confront her if it hadn’t actually mattered to him. He wouldn’t have been crabby with his staff if he wasn’t let down, and he wouldn’t be let down if he hadn’t really liked her, if he hadn’t started falling for her.

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